That's not the case, as a new barrier -economics- will become the issue should self-publishing/vanity presses prevail.
I think that economics are already a barrier, though; it's just expressed in a different form. At the moment, the publishers have the money (well, in theory), and they choose how they want to spend that money by the selection process that leads to their publishing list.
They then bring the books to bookstores and the booksellers choose how they want to spend their money from that subset of things already considered.
Both do this in the hopes of generating revenue for their perspective businesses.
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Date: 2009-11-22 06:22 am (UTC)I think that economics are already a barrier, though; it's just expressed in a different form. At the moment, the publishers have the money (well, in theory), and they choose how they want to spend that money by the selection process that leads to their publishing list.
They then bring the books to bookstores and the booksellers choose how they want to spend their money from that subset of things already considered.
Both do this in the hopes of generating revenue for their perspective businesses.